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HBO Documentary Highlights Homelessness in OC
Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi has created her sixth documentary for HBO, ‘Homeless: The Motel Kids Of Orange County’. While we run We’ve Got Your Back to address the nutrition needs of homeless children in the county, Pelosi has brought this growing issue in one of the most wealthiest counties in the United States to the forefront.
In the Orange County Register article, Pelosi says, “I really believe this movie could have been made in any zip code in America, and the people in Orange County are probably not happy that we landed there,” Pelosi says. “But Orange County had it coming to it – with ‘The OC,’ ‘The Real Housewives,’ it’s portrayed as the place you go to live the American dream.” The article reports that she looked at other locations but kept coming back to Orange County because the reality of the county was far different from the perceptions people had of it. “The contrasts are stark,” Pelosi says. “We have tons of homeless people everywhere, but the first thing – when I told I people I was making about homeless kids in Orange County – people would say was, ‘There are homeless people in Orange County?’”
In her interview on CNN.com she talks about The Project Hope School in Orange County, one of only four schools that only teaches homeless children in the nation. Giving Children Hope serves this school’s students with food through the We’ve Got Your Back program.
Giving Children Hope is located in Orange County and people in our immediate area are constantly surprised when we let them know that there are more than 22,000 homeless children in this county. Our goal is to not only be on the front lines to address this issue, but to also bring awareness and education.
I hope you all get the chance to watch this documentary and become educated about the community around you. I also hope it dispels some of the misconceptions that have been created about this county. We can all do something to help these children in our backyard.
The documentary premiered yesterday, but will be repeated by HBO servers times in July and August. Please share your thoughts with us and see how you can help.
- Photo is from a scene in Alexandra Pelosi’s documentary ‘Homeless: The Motel Kids Of Orange County’, HBO
